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4.5
The pathos annoys me. I don't like to feel manipulated. I understand that some readers cried when they read that Oscar died. Some men and young women in my French book club said they did. It is always surprising to me how our society is sheltered from this natural event. Because most children with diseases die in hospitals it is easy to forget or ignore the fact of death coming way to too soon.As a nurse, real situations made me accept the inevitable and I understand the author felt the need to write about the subject. I like the style and the humor of the conversations with the dame in pink. Presenting the anger of the child toward his parents was very plausible. It is always easier to channel negative feelings toward the closed ones, protected by the unconditional love and children sense that. A conversation between the child and the parents would have been more acceptable for me. The fantastic Christmas was hard to believe even though children can and have done things like this, the situation was very unlikely so close to the end of Oscar's life.
